BarberSchool
06-22-2025, 03:48 PM
Phil Jackson & Pat Riley are the only two dudes in basketball history to win championships as players, and then win multiple championships as a coach, with multiple teams.
Rick Carlisle can join them tonight, as the least decorated of the 3, by far, lol …. to make it 3 people in basketball history to do it:
Phil Jackson
As a Player:
- 1970 NY Knicks
- 1973 NY Knicks
As a coach:
- 1984 Albany Patroons (CBA)
- 1991 Chicago Bulls
- 1992 Chicago Bulls
- 1993 Chicago Bulls
- 1996 Chicago Bulls
- 1997 Chicago Bulls
- 1998 Chicago Bulls
- 2000 LA Lakers
- 2001 LA Lakers
- 2002 LA Lakers
- 2009 LA Lakers
- 2010 LA Lakers
Pat Riley
As a player:
- 1972 LA Lakers
As a coach:
- 1980 LA Lakers (assistant coach)
- 1982 LA Lakers
- 1985 LA Lakers
- 1987 LA Lakers
- 1988 LA Lakers
- 2006 Miami Heat
As an Executive:
- 2012 Miami Heat
- 2013 Miami Heat
Rick Carlisle
As a player:
- 1986 Boston Celtics
https://i.ibb.co/R1LhTSx/IMG-4710.jpg
- 1988 Albany Patroons (CBA) Carlisle was born in upstate NY, so this was home team for him. Also part of the Albany Katroons 1988 title: Phil Jackson, George Karl, Terry Stotts, Scott Brooks.
As a Coach:
- 2011 Dallas Mavericks (beating Pat Riley’s Miami Heat superteam)
https://i.ibb.co/pjhTKgsv/IMG-4711.jpg
- 2025 Indiana Pacers ?
Carlisle also coached the 2001-2003 Detroit Pistons, and despite handily beating Larry Brown’s 76ers team in the playoffs, was screwed over just months later, by owner Bill Davidson & his friend (at the time) Larry Brown.
Rick, despite winning coach of the year months earlier, was axed just months before the 2003/2004 Pistons championship season.
Rick Carlisle can join them tonight, as the least decorated of the 3, by far, lol …. to make it 3 people in basketball history to do it:
Phil Jackson
As a Player:
- 1970 NY Knicks
- 1973 NY Knicks
As a coach:
- 1984 Albany Patroons (CBA)
- 1991 Chicago Bulls
- 1992 Chicago Bulls
- 1993 Chicago Bulls
- 1996 Chicago Bulls
- 1997 Chicago Bulls
- 1998 Chicago Bulls
- 2000 LA Lakers
- 2001 LA Lakers
- 2002 LA Lakers
- 2009 LA Lakers
- 2010 LA Lakers
Pat Riley
As a player:
- 1972 LA Lakers
As a coach:
- 1980 LA Lakers (assistant coach)
- 1982 LA Lakers
- 1985 LA Lakers
- 1987 LA Lakers
- 1988 LA Lakers
- 2006 Miami Heat
As an Executive:
- 2012 Miami Heat
- 2013 Miami Heat
Rick Carlisle
As a player:
- 1986 Boston Celtics
https://i.ibb.co/R1LhTSx/IMG-4710.jpg
- 1988 Albany Patroons (CBA) Carlisle was born in upstate NY, so this was home team for him. Also part of the Albany Katroons 1988 title: Phil Jackson, George Karl, Terry Stotts, Scott Brooks.
As a Coach:
- 2011 Dallas Mavericks (beating Pat Riley’s Miami Heat superteam)
https://i.ibb.co/pjhTKgsv/IMG-4711.jpg
- 2025 Indiana Pacers ?
Carlisle also coached the 2001-2003 Detroit Pistons, and despite handily beating Larry Brown’s 76ers team in the playoffs, was screwed over just months later, by owner Bill Davidson & his friend (at the time) Larry Brown.
Rick, despite winning coach of the year months earlier, was axed just months before the 2003/2004 Pistons championship season.